SearchN:kibbled: SearchN: raerae1980: Wow! Wonder what caused all that debris?

I'm guessing large chunks of the forest around the river. What did they do to create that much water though? Draining a lake or a pond? Diverting another river?

Maybe it was part of the snow melt. I am going to guess that when the snow melts from the mountains it starts off slow then there is a sudden avalanche washes a lot of snow down the river at once.

Not like that. Way to sudden, with snow melt you get a steady increase. That was insanely sudden.

deadsanta: SearchN: raerae1980: Wow! Wonder what caused all that debris?

I'm guessing large chunks of the forest around the river. What did they do to create that much water though? Draining a lake or a pond? Diverting another river?

Could be upstream hydroelectric, that would be why they were set up and ready to film, since local government issues river-level warnings. At least they do in Maine, not sure about Russia lol.

Video location said Sweden. Yea I was thinking maybe sluice gates from a dam that aren't opened often.

Could definitely be snow melt. Problem is, snow melts steadily and carries debris down the river which sometimes gets stuck. The river backs up behind it and then either they break it up or it breaks free on its own, and this giant clog of debris goes down river at once along with the water that was backed up behind it.

Also causes flooding behind the clog if it doesn't break up fast enough. Happens with ice around here a lot.

Flash flooding has caused a river in Switzerland to become a raging torrent as debris from the nearby woods were swept downstream.Amateur video has captured the "tidal wave" effect on the Zulg River, which runs right through the town of Steffisburg, according to Swiss news organisation, 20 Minutes Online.The dramatic footage was captured by an onlooker, showing large trees and parts of the river bank being swept downstream.The river, which is known to swell quickly, rose an additional five metres yesterday afternoon due to the persistent rain.Traffic in neighbouring towns came to a standstill as emergency services were forced to block off several bridges leading over the river.It is not known if anyone was injured from the flash flooding.

HairBolus:fark fark for posting liveleak videos and fark liveleak for stealing videos giving no attribution and making up info such as "Location: Peseux, Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland"

The flood happened on the Zulg River in Steffisburg, Thun, canton of Bern in Switzerland.

YouTube: 'Tidal wave' Switzerland Flash Flooding July 6, 2012

Flash flooding has caused a river in Switzerland to become a raging torrent as debris from the nearby woods were swept downstream.Amateur video has captured the "tidal wave" effect on the Zulg River, which runs right through the town of Steffisburg, according to Swiss news organisation, 20 Minutes Online.The dramatic footage was captured by an onlooker, showing large trees and parts of the river bank being swept downstream.The river, which is known to swell quickly, rose an additional five metres yesterday afternoon due to the persistent rain.Traffic in neighbouring towns came to a standstill as emergency services were forced to block off several bridges leading over the river.It is not known if anyone was injured from the flash flooding.

Nice..the only other reference I found was on someones blog, which apparently sucks.

I'm guessing large chunks of the forest around the river. What did they do to create that much water though? Draining a lake or a pond? Diverting another river?

Maybe it was part of the snow melt. I am going to guess that when the snow melts from the mountains it starts off slow then there is a sudden avalanche washes a lot of snow down the river at once.

Not like that. Way to sudden, with snow melt you get a steady increase. That was insanely sudden.

deadsanta: SearchN: raerae1980: Wow! Wonder what caused all that debris?

I'm guessing large chunks of the forest around the river. What did they do to create that much water though? Draining a lake or a pond? Diverting another river?

Could be upstream hydroelectric, that would be why they were set up and ready to film, since local government issues river-level warnings. At least they do in Maine, not sure about Russia lol.

Video location said SwedenSwitzerland. Yea I was thinking maybe sluice gates from a dam that aren't opened often.

Probably from all the reallly heavy rain in Central Europe over the past few weeks.

Yes, that came from the heavy rain over the past few weeks around here. I don't think there are beavers in the Zulg river, and there is no dam anywhere on it. It comes out of a rather narrow valley with steep sides, a lot of side streams and heavily forested, which is why there was so much wood. There are many rivers in that area that can swell very quickly and go from harmless to dangerous within minutes, once the rain starts.